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Random music news for Thursday, August 13, 2020

I apologize for the dearth of postings yesterday but the website was feeling a little ill. All better in time

There’s a CBC report today on how the Toronto Blue Jays are scalping their own tickets. The report says that

In a shrewd marketing move–hey, how many people have heard of Blimp Rock before now?–a Toronto band is asking for

Forgive us, world. Toronto has gone a little crazy over baseball lately. Polaris Music Prize shortlisters Zeus have covered the

It’s been a long time since the Blue Jays faced Kansas City in the American League Championship Series, a series

Eddie Vedder is a die-hard Chicago Cubs fan, one of those people who people that the Curse of the Billy

The American League Division Series starts today and more than a few people (including me) are irrationally worried about the

I’m not a superstitious person. Not at all. Except when it comes to sports. With the Blue Jays in the

Toronto and many other parts of Canada lost its collective mind yesterday when the Blue Jays clinched their first division

Before the strike of ’94, I was a fanatical baseball fan. I could recite the Blue Jays’ batting order forward,

The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver
The Ultimate Backstage Pass – David Kines in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 032 May 17, 2021
In today’s everything-on-demand world, it may be hard for anyone born post-Y2 K to answer a simple question, “where do you watch music videos?” A reasonable answer would be YouTube, Apple Music, or maybe even Tiktok. Prior to the dawn of YouTube in 2005, the answer was easy. MTV if you’re American, and of course […]
Mark Silver